Blenders to close after Spring Term Blenders, the only coffee shop at Lane Community College, will be leaving after June 30 as part of the outsourcing of the school’s Food Services, currently run by David Ferris, which have seen declining profits over the years. However, as part of Food Service, Blenders has its own story…
There are major changes coming to Lane Community College in the near future that will be affecting day-to-day student life. To start, on April 1, the Board of Education voted—with only Rosie Pryor in opposition—for a $4.50 per-credit-hour tuition increase. Considering that LCC was already the most expensive community college per-credit-hour in the state of…
New student group does what transfer orientation misses Out of 1,095 students who transferred to the University of Oregon during fall and summer 2018, 321 were from Lane Community College, according to the University’s Director of Enrollment Management Research Jonathan Jacobs. With a significant number of students transferring to the University of Oregon each year,…
Access to Moodle, MyLane, student email at risk during future storms During the last week of February, Lane County was overcome by a record amount of snow. By the end of it all, nearly ten inches of snow had fallen at the Eugene Airport making this the second largest snowfall in recorded Eugene history. While…
The fourteenth annual DisOrient Asian-American Film Festival of Oregon was held from Thursday, March 14 to Sunday, March 17 on the University of Oregon campus. Asian-American and Pacific Islander stories, histories, and themes are the focus of films screened throughout the the weekend, but emphasized are social justice and universal human experiences. The Torch was…
After planning to have wrapped up production of their premier Class A coach, Winnebago Industries is closing their Junction City location leaving only thirty employees. They will relocate to another campus in their home state of Iowa. The service center will remain open. They had only been here two years when the announcement was made….
College hosts forum with corporate representatives The proposed lease of the Lane Community College bookstore to Barnes & Noble Booksellers is inching closer to reality despite major concerns being presented by faculty members. More importantly, some students claim that the Board of Education is attempting to make these important decisions without student input. At the…
Uncertain future for campus hub Editor’s Note: This is the second of a three-part series exploring the potential impact of budget cuts on the services and resources available to students, faculty and staff at Lane Community College. Check out Edition 8 for a report on the Center for Meeting and Learning which is also on…
Here at The Torch, we want to do our part in aiding the success of LCC’s students and have created this official off-campus study-place guide in an effort to do so. Now, we all have to study. There’s no doubt about that, but not all of us can – or want – to study on…
Northwest Christian College assembles first esports team Northwest Christian University is the first college in Oregon to offer Intercollegiate Varsity Esports. The school’s team of gamers will compete in Overwatch, a team-oriented, multiplayer, first-person shooter video game, for the first year. They will then play League of Legends, a multiplayer online battle arena video game,…
